[This
document is for discussion, and should not yet be used as a reference. It
closely follows pages 40-42 of the ALA-LC Romanization Tables, with annotations
and typographic corrections by Doug Cooper, January 2006.]

1. Consonants

Vernacular

Romanization

Vernacular

Romanization

က

ka

ထ

tha

ခ

kha

ဒ

da

ဂ

ga

ဓ

da

ဃ

gha

န

na

င

ṅa

ပ

pa

စ

ca

ဖ

pha

ဆ

cha

ဗ

ba

ဇ

ja

ဘ

bha

ဈ

jha

မ

ma

ည

ñña

ယ

ya

ဉ

ña

ရ

ra

ဋ

ṭa

လ

la

ဌ

ṭha

ဝ

va

ဍ

ḍa

သ

sa

ဎ

ḍha

ဟ

ha

ဏ

ṇa

ဠ

ḷa

တ

ta

အ

ʼa

2. Vowels (see note 3.1)

​ာ, ါ

-ā

ိ

-i

ီ

-ī

ု

-u

ူ

-ū

‌ေ

-e

ဲ

-ai

‌ော,‌ေါ

-o

‌ော်,‌ေါ်

-oʻ

ို

-ui

ဣ

i

ဤ

ī

ဥ

u

ဦ

ū

ဧ

e

ဩ

o

ဪ

oʻ

3. Medials

ျ

-y

ွ

-v

ြ

-r

ှ

-h

Medials are written in the order: y
or r - v - h;
for example:

မျှ

myha

ကြွ

krva

လွှ

lvha

မြွှင်း

mrvhaṅ'ʺ

3.1.
Some symbols in the Burmese script are attached above, below, or beside a consonant.
Where such symbols are listed in this table, the symbol "◌"
is used to represent the consonant.

3.2. Absence of a vowel in the script is represented by a in romanization,
with the following exceptions:

(a) when a different vowel is indicated by its appropriate
symbol (see 2. Vowels);
(b) when the absence of any vowel is indicated by the symbol ် (see 5. Final symbols).

10. Word Division
For Burmese words, leave a space after each syllable.
For loanwords, use the same word division as in the
original language. Apply the same practice to loanwords with modified
forms in Burmese.

ကော်‌မီတီ

ko'mītī (English)

ဥပုသ်

upus' (modified Pali)

ပန်းကန်

pan'ʺkan' (Mon)

ကော်ပြန့်

ko'pran'ʹ (Chinese)

11. Capitalization
Capitalize words according to the rules that apply to English.
For personal names composed of Burmese elements, or of elements treated as
Burmese, capitalize the initial letter of each syllable.

မောင်မောင်စိုးတင့်

Moṅ ' Moṅ ' Cuiʺ Taṅ 'ʹ

စောစိုင်မောင်

Co Cuiṅ' Moṅ '

ချန်ရီစိန်

Khyan' RīCin'

Note the
following names with non-Burmese elements:

ကဲနက်ဘစိန်

Kainak' BhaCin'

မြသီတာ

MraSītā

ပဒေသရာဇာ

Padesarājā

12. Examples

မဟာသမိုင်းတောင်ကြီးညွန့်ပေါင်း

Mahāsamuiṅ'ʺ to' krīʺ ññvan'ʹ poṅ'ʺ

‌ယောအတွင်းဝန်ဦးဖိုးလှိုင်

Yo 'A tvaṅ'ʺ van' Ūʺ
Phuiʺ Lhuiṅ'

ဒုဋ္ဌဂါမဏိမင်းကြီးဝတ္ထု

Duṭṭhagāmaṇimaṅ'ʺ krīʺ vatthu

Special Characters
and Character Modifiers used in Romanization

(See the MARC 21
Specifications for Record Structure, Character Sets, and Exchange Media /
CHARACTER SETS: Part 3 / Code Tables / January 2000, updated September 2004)

http://www.loc.gov/marc/specifications/specchartables.html

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cocoon/codetables/45.html (Extended Latin)

http://www.atla.com/tsig/LatinCharacters/Latin%20Characters%20in%20Unicode%20and%20MARC-8.pdf (full set of examples)